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Thrive New Zealand

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Thrive New Zealand, formerly called the Unified New Zealand Party, was a small political party in New Zealand. The party was founded in 2012 by David Ding, a marketing manager.[1]

Thrive New Zealand Party logo

On 7 November 2012 the party applied to register a logo with the Electoral Commission.[2] The party subsequently changed its name to Thrive New Zealand and registered a substitute logo.[3] As Unified New Zealand, the party opposed asset sales and foreign ownership and supported economic self-sufficiency a return to the gold standard.[4] Following its name change, the party focused strongly on direct democracy and binding citizens-initiated referendums.[5]

The party never stood any candidates for parliament. By January 2017, their website was defunct.

References

  1. [1]
    "David Ding". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Application to register political party logo". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Registration of Thrive New Zealand logo". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  4. [4]
    Matthew Backhouse (8 November 2012). "New political party takes aim at foreign investment". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  5. [5]
    ""Direct Democracy" to be the next "Nuclear Free"". Thrive New Zealand. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.


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